![]() |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
![]() ![]() ![]() SpaceX could do something amazing on Saturday.* The Elon Musk-founded private spaceflight company is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a refurbished, uncrewed Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station, and then land the first stage of the rocket back on solid ground. SEE ALSO: Feel the power of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test in new video If successful, this will mark the first time SpaceX has reused one of its capsules. The re-flight will also propel the company into an exclusive club.* "NASA’s space shuttle orbiters, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B, and the Soviet Union’s VA spacecraft were all reused on orbital missions," Robert Pearlman, space historian and founder of collectspace.com, said.* Read more... More about Space, Science, Spaceflight, Elon Musk, and Rockets |
![]() |
|
|